PROJECTS
KidLe
Development of intercultural games as pedagogic tools for the inclusion of pupils with migrant background in new learning environments
REFERENCE: KA220-SCH - Cooperation partnerships in school education
YEARS: 2023-2025
GOALS
Develop intercultural board games to enhance the integration of migrant students into new educational settings.
The games will be developed through a collaborative process involving students, parents, and teachers. The focus will be on improving the communication and learning skills of children within the educational contexts of their new schools.
Educational Games Developed within the KidLe Project
As part of the European KidLe Project, five educational games were created, initially in board-game format and later adapted to digital versions. These games aim to promote socio-emotional, intercultural, and inclusion-related competencies in school settings.
PORTUGAL, ISCTE-IUL ( CIS-IUL)
In Portugal, the game "Space Inclusion" was developed and is now available online through Zenodo.
The game’s design is grounded in theoretical models of socio-emotional and intercultural skills, as well as in participatory methodologies. Its development included:
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Co-creation workshops with children, families, and teachers
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Focus groups with teachers and with migrant and native parents
Set in a space-themed narrative, the game is structured around three thematic planets:
Players progress cooperatively as a team, guided by a facilitator, and engage in collaborative tasks that promote active participation, cooperation, and communication.
Access to the Board Game
BOARD GAME
The complete set of the "Space Inclusion" Board Game is available in Portuguese and English in this Zenodo repository: https://zenodo.org/records/17561483
Editable versions (.ppt and .doc) are also provided, allowing the text to be adapted to other languages according to local needs, while complying with the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence.
A DIGITAL VERSION OF THE GAME has been developed and will be available on the project’s website.
PARTNERS
Four additional board games were developed by the KidLe Project partners to promote the inclusion of migrant children through participatory methodologie.
All games were produced in both print and digital formats, and the digital versions are available in 10 languages: English (EN), Portuguese (PT), Greek (GR), German (DE), French (FR), Bengali (BN), Arabic (AR), Hindi (HI), Bosnian (BS), and Turkish (TR).
Access to the Board Games
Click on the image of each game to access the materials for the printed version on Zenodo.
Cyprus
Austria
Belgium
Ireland
All games were produced in both print and digital formats, and the digital versions are available in 10 languages: English (EN), Portuguese (PT), Greek (GR), German (DE), French (FR), Bengali (BN), Arabic (AR), Hindi (HI), Bosnian (BS), and Turkish (TR).
RESEARCHERS
Cecília Aguiar (PI), Patrícia Arriaga,
& Joana Alexandre, Ricardo Rodrigues, Nadine Correia, Isabel Alexandre.
CIIM (Cyprus International Institute of Management) INNOVATIONS LIMITED:
Anastasia Kapsali, Markella Grigoriou, Andri Hadjiandreou
Eurospeak Limited (Dublin, Ireland)
Kelsea Mucherino, Artemis Driva
InterAktion - Verein für ein interkulturelles Zusammenleben (Trofaiach, Styria, Austria)
Katja Lenic Salamun, Goran Janevski
Sirius Policy Network on Migrant Education (Brussels, Belgium)
Mialy Dermish, Sara Sow Lindares
Agios Spyridonas Kindergarten (Strovolos, Cyprus)
Galatea Kyriakoy Anastasia Soula Harilaou
REFERENCES
Šalamun, K. L., Arriaga, P., Rodrigues, R., Correia, N., Alexandre, J., Alexandre, I., Petrou, T., & Aguiar, C. (2025). Guidelines for the co-creation of intercultural board games. Iscte.
E-ISBN: 978-989-584-258-2 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18376023
Linares, S., Galli, V., Arriaga, P., Alexandre, J., Rodrigues, R., Correia, N., Aguiar, C., Kapsali, A., Petrou, T., Driva, A., Nagy, A., & Nicolaou, C. (2025). KidLe white paper: Policy recommendations for intercultural play in early childhood education. Iscte.
E-ISBN: 978-989-584-250-6. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18291688
Driva, A., Mishra, B., Choudhury, A., Kapsali, A., Petrou, T., Zagers, T., Arriaga, P., Aguiar, C., Nagy, A., Nicolaou, C., Galli, V., & Linares, S. (2025). Manual pedagógico do Pacote Intercultural de Jogos Digitais. Iscte.
E-ISBN: 978-989-584-251-3. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1770421